BRTTISH & FOREIGN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 50, 14 March 1903, Page 2

BRTTISH & FOREIGN.

States : with the iister iuftions of li ia repwtod that the Pope and his entourage aw dismtjed at the dov*l<_>, mont of the episcopal nomination quai rei fearing that a conflict with France may deprive the Vatican of costly contiibutions from French r< Hfiious communities. IST. PETERSBURG, Yesterday llieCzar , inudfe9to«»onn«» hw intention to extend religions toleration, -abolish forced peasant labour, improve ihe condition of villager*, local nobility. Find rnr_l«ler*y, and develop fn*™:' jrwentation in v^e provincialdistrict sorew.mei.tß. The Bossum press hail the advent of a new era of self-_o*ern-*enU * „ BYQNEY, YesteTdßV The report of tbettan^stoh appoint*a k~ rtijfaderal Gowntoent to inquire Ut forth© undertaking ■hoold be pfepar stc "£** *5^90,0C0, and that gup jrobahlb revenue would be per aiaum: : H the past progress of West Australia is nialnlained the revenue will probably increase in ten years to £411,000 ncr annum, The probable expenditure in working the Hue is £114,000 yearly, which in ten yefti* would probably infcreAie to £210,000. The route tentatively -reoomtoended is from Port Augusta via Tarcoola. passing fifty miles north of Ettela, frenoe as directly as possible to Kalgootlie. The estimates are based on a 4 feet 8i inch gauge, and the time of construction should be fonr years.